Lance Stephenson on blowing in LeBron's ear: 'I was trying anything'

While the Lakers acquired Lance Stephenson over a month ago, it’s still fairly tough to realize Stephenson will be on the same team as LeBron James.

Stephenson has essentially made his entire career out of being James’ foil, with the noise of his antics almost always outweighing his contributions. And nothing has come as close, before or since, to when Stephenson infamously blew in the ear of LeBron James during the 2014 Eastern Conference Finals.

The former Pacer and new Laker discussed that meme-able moment in an interview with theScore (h/t Complex).

“I was really trying to get him mad, really trying to win the game, get him unfocused,” Stephenson said. “And I was trying anything, and for you to do something to somebody and they don’t respond, they keep continuing playing hard, it’s like: ‘yo, how do I…’ I was just trying to find stuff.”

“LeBron was such a good player, you know, I was trying to do anything to get him frustrated,”he added. “It’s going to be different, being friends with LeBron, you know what I mean?”

This season, Stephenson doesn’t have to worry about annoying LeBron for the gain of his own team. Now he only has to worry about what to do so LeBron won’t yell at him.

The Lance-LeBron dynamic has the potential for some compelling drama for the Lakers this season. But on the brightside for all parties, Stephenson has shown in his battles with James that there is very little James, or anyone else can do, to stop Lance from being Lance.

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